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Marital status of 2nd person

Source: R/gss_vars_582.R
mar2.Rd

mar2

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Please tell me the names of the people who usually live in this household. Let's start with the head of the household. (LIST ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Have we forgotten anyone: such as babies or small children; roomers; people who usually live here, but are away temporarily–on business trips, vacations, at school, temporarily in a hospital, and so on? (LIST ADDITIONAL PERSONS ON LINES 01-10 BELOW.) Are there any people currently staying here–visitors, friends or relatives–do not usually live here? (LIST VISITORS ON LINES 11-14 BELOW.) A. What is that (PERSON'S) relationship to the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD? B. Code sex. (ASK IF NOT OBVIOUS). C. How old was (HEAD/PERSON) on (his/her) last birthday? D. IF 13 YRS OR OLDER ASK: Is (PERSON) now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or has (he/she) never been married? E. Are any of the people we have listed staying somewhere else right now? If yes, who is staying somewhere else right now? F. Where is (PERSON) staying right now? Is (PERSON) staying at another household; Is (he/she) traveling; Is (he/she) in some institution or dormitory–like at college or in a hospital or something; or what? 4. Marital status of second person

Values

  • [1] married

  • [2] widowed

  • [3] divorced

  • [4] separated

  • [5] never married

  • [NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
A/B/C/D2006
Full1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for mar2.

Counts by year:

yeariapmarriedwidoweddivorcedseparatednever marriedno answerdon't knowskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
19752441080151671271---1490
197691950288161----1499
197729510501515414281--1530
19783411013111951376---1532
1980336942132481369---1468
1982493106619391222011---1860
19833761018133710128161--1599
1984372878112671709---1473
19853959217281415811---1534
19863518691538211724---1470
198749395721391526826---1819
198840283016291018212---1481
198938789413331018317---1537
19903717621337716319---1372
199143884015311416613---1517
1993433902104814188101--1606
19948911606287919339282--2992
19968951438289824346741--2904
19988971391188318369551--2832
2000875133228952342440---2817
20029841244158820380322--2765
2004810154821833231026--2812
2006136623072714849600211--4510
2008616101685617295312--2023
2010674937117228291526--2044
2012602964166921286313--1974
201475412311979263821136--2538
2016937128226111374421418--2867
20187271082199633369517--2348
20211877181189813204--21-4032
20222423746145912274844-3544
Total21974344595011781531791245415225067789

See also

Other Household Members and Structure: away1, away2, gender1, gender2, mar1, old1, old2, relate2, where1

Other Family: away1, away2, gender1, gender2, mar1, old1, old2, relate2, where1

Other Household: away1, away2, gender1, gender2, mar1, old1, old2, relate2, where1